{
  "id": 15806921,
  "title": "Hackensack Meridian Health signs definitive agreement to acquire Hunterdon Health, commits $230M",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/hackensack-meridian-health-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-20T20:11:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hackensack-meridian-health-signs-230m-definitive-agreement-acquire-hunterdon-health"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The announcement did not outline a potential timeline for the merger, which would add a nineteenth hospital to New Jersey's largest health system.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}